In the 1980s, Doug and Julie Wagstaff had a vision: They saw people zipping around Heber Valley’s Deer Creek (not really a creek; more like a lake; but actually a reservoir) on boats and waverunners…
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The folks in Kanab have been enjoying tours to these gems for, you know, ever. There are a million things to do near Kanab — five national parks/monuments/recreation areas, two national forests, three…
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Utah County, affectionately called “Happy Valley” by locals, is a bit smaller and just south of Salt Lake County. What it lacks in population size (wait, is that even a bad thing…?), it makes up for…
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You know Arches and Canyonlands (or at least Island in the Sky). So does everyone else. That’s kinda the problem. Get to know their less-crowded neighbors. No disrespect to TJ, but we think he picked…
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Don't make mountain biking Utah's awesome trails one of those things you know you ought to do but never get around to. (See also "Spiral Jetty," "Natural History Museum of Utah," and “Capitol Reef.")…
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If your last summer vacation involved losing your arm in a major war, then being sent by your government to uncharted territory to run death-defying whitewater through indifferent canyons in a wooden…
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It’s fall. The sun is now setting before you finish dinner. There’s nothing to do but succumb to the cold and say goodbye to Utah’s golfy sunshine and warm weather. No, wait, yeah. Yeah there is…
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The original Utahns weren’t nearly as willing to bring you a casserole, but who wants to look at fossilized Relief Society presidents? Utah’s sedimentary sandstone provided a fantastic final resting…
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Maybe it's been one of those weeks. You just took the bar exam. You prepped a 68-slide PowerPoint for work. Your 13 year old came out as vegan. Or maybe it hasn't. Your fridge is empty and you don't…
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It’s always sunny in St. George If Southern Utah seceded, St. George would be its capital. It's the biggest city down south, buffered from the north by a statewide swath of treacherous(ly beautiful)…
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